The Almond Shortcrust Pastry is a classic shortcrust made with all-purpose flour and almond flour. A quick dough to prepare delicious pies and cookies. You can then fill them as you like with custard and fresh fruit or white cream and chocolate chips.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8 People
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 433.81 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 35.62 (g) of which sugars 13.10 (g)
- Proteins 7.07 (g)
- Fat 29.50 (g) of which saturated 14.19 (g)of which unsaturated 8.15 (g)
- Fibers 2.28 (g)
- Sodium 68.55 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 91 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup almond flour
- 7 oz butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg (large)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 1 vial vanilla flavoring
Tools
- Kitchen Scale
- Bowl
- Parchment Paper
- Pastry Board
Steps
Pour all-purpose flour and butter into a bowl and sand them, add the almond flour and powdered sugar which makes the dough finer compared to granulated sugar.
Add the egg plus the yolk, vanilla flavoring, a pinch of salt, and knead all the ingredients. Do this operation quickly to avoid warming the dough. Form a dough ball, wrap it in parchment paper or cling film, and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes. After the time has passed, you can use the 728 grams of Almond Shortcrust Pastry to prepare a pie or delicious cookies.
Storage
If not used immediately, store the Almond Shortcrust Pastry in the refrigerator wrapped in cling film and for no more than 2-3 days
